No. 625 Squadron RAF
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No. 625 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Squadron motto was We Avenge.
The squadron was formed on 1 October 1943 at RAF Kelstern from 'C' flight of 100 Squadron. It was equipped with Avro Lancaster, as part of No. 1 Group RAF in Bomber Command, of which it formed part between 18 October 1944 and 25 April 1945.
The squadron carried out night raids against Germany. On 5 April 1945 it moved to RAF Scampton. At the end of the war the squadron dropped food to the starving Dutch people, flew POW repatriation flights from Belgium and repatriated British troops from Italy, before it was disbanded on 7 October 1945 [1].
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[edit] First Operational Mission
18/19 October,1943
- 9 Lancasters bombed Hannover [2].
[edit] Last Operational Mission
25 April, 1945
- 11 Lancasters bombed Berchtesgaden [3].
[edit] Last Mission before V.E. Day
7 May 1945
- 13 Lancasters dropped supplies to Dutch at Rotterdam & another Lancaster aborted [4].
[edit] Aircraft Operated
- 1943 - Avro Lancaster I & II between October 1943 and October 1956. Code letters 'CF'.
[edit] Books
Battle Order 204 by Christobel Mattingley
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons: A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of All RAF Squadrons and Their Antecedents Since 1912, Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-853100-536-1. (2nd edition 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.)
- Moyes, Philip. Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London, UK: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1964, 2nd edition 1976. ISBN 0-354-01024-1.
